RE: New Features for JFW 7.0 Posted
- From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:08:20 -0700
Everyone's idea of frivolous features is different. I generally find that
with each successive upgrade some feature appeals to me, maybe I don't use
them all each upgrade but it seems to me that at least one feature makes
doing my job or my projects at home a little easier.
What works for me may not for others.
Rose Combs
rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Fred M. Scott
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 9:51 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: New Features for JFW 7.0 Posted
At 06:52 PM 9/24/2005, you wrote:
>No I don't think so?
>
>I use cut & paste allot with the clipboard & unless you could choose
>which text you want to paste, I would not use that feature. They
>should be working on the windows clip board manager.
>
>Keith
Dear Keith and List,
I have used JAWS since DOS and Word Perfect. We all know that JAWS
is re-versionized every year at this time so that profits and HJ's
very existence can continue. In order to sell a new version each
year, they have to keep coming up with so-called improvements and new
features. After examining the new features in version 6,I elected not
to upgrade. As you remember, the new features were principally the
ability to substitute sounds (wave files) for words or
phrases--biff bang pop boom crash ta da and so on. and place markers
for book marking your location on a web page--whoopty wow wow. Not being an
"advanced" user, I determined that these new features
were useless to me and so I did not purchase version 6. It now sounds
like version 7 again is packed with new creative, but useless
features. Therefore, I will again pass on upgrading. But you are all
saying that if I don't upgrade, I will be hurting when the new Vista
OS comes out and I haven't kept up with the upgrades. This would be
true except that my next system will be a Mac with VoiceOver. If you
haven't heard a OS 10 / VoiceOver demonstration, you should check it
out. Plus, if Mac changes it's operating system down the road, I
won't have to be on the maintenance agreement treadmill to have
speech since the speech comes with the OS.
Maybe a little serious competition will spur HJ to stop putting out
pro forma upgrades with frivolous features.
Fred
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